LIVE STOCK
CURING DISTEMPER.
How This Infectious Disease Should
Be Dealt With.
Distemper is an infectious disease
and can be prevented if the quarters
arc kept free from the infection. Wash
ing the trough with soft soap suds or
carbolic acid solution twice each
month, whitewashing the stall at least
once each month and occasionally
scrubbing the tioors of the stalls are
measures which will generally prevent
an outbreak. In addition to this the
animal should have an abundance of
exercise and pure air. It is known that
an animal which la allowed the run of
a pasture is not so liable to the dis
ease as one which is confined to
the stalls in a poorly ventilated barn.
Jf the disease is light, it need not be
| the cause of any particular alarm, as
Bandaging the Throat.
it will be a benefit rather than a detri
iment. Colts which have it are general
ly immune thereafter. If there is a
serious outbreak, the best remedy is to
apply salve or poultices to the affected
parts. One of the best salve mixtures
is olive oil, four parts and acetic acid,
one part. Bathe the swollen parts
freely twice each day with this mix
ture. As a poultice, nothing is better
than hot bran, using about a half gal
lon of the bran for each horse. To this
should bo added two tablespoonfuls of
the following mixture: Neatsfoot oil.
one quart; spirits of camphor, eight
ounces; pulverized mustard, six
'ounces.
The illustration accompanying this
article shows how the bandage should
bo fastened on the head. Take a com
mon'grain sack and cut the ends into
four strips, but leave the middle of the
sack whole.
Place the poultice on a white cloth
under the swollen part, then under it
place the whole part of the sack, say 3
Journal of Agriculture. Securely new
the ends of the strips together over
tte top of the head, allowing one band
to rest in front of the eyes, another
} between the eyes and ears and the
remaining two over the neck back of
the ears.
One-fourth of a pint of Glauber salts
may be administered twice each day
in the soft feed. If there is a great
deal of fever, give a half teaspoonful
of iodide of potash once each day in
the food.
GENERAL PURPOSE HORSE.
Best Results Obtained from Medium
Weight Animals.
I get the best results from horses
weighing 1,200 to 1,300 pounds, writes
a farmer in Orange Judd Farmer.
These horses are used for general pur
poses. They must have good action,
be compactly built, something on the
old Morgan type, but a little larger.
Such horses are large enough to haul
a reasonable load and can do a good
day’s work on the average farm. They
are useful on the road for light work.
The most useful horses for my gen
eral work are good, snappy crea
tures.
I have but little trouble in breaking
our colls, as we treat them kindly,
handling them considerably while they
are young. We never have any trou
ble with them when they are old
enough to break. I believe in giving
good care to colts as well as work
horses. In my experience, a horse not
\ properly cared for as a colt does not
1 develop as early as one that receives
proper attention. Horses should also
be housed In bad weather. I believe
In giving plenty of good, wholesome
lood. Horses should have special at
tention, and the man who succeeds is
Ihe one who keeps a close eye on the
individuals.
Individual Hog Houses.
The folly of keeping a large num
ber of hogs in a small inclosure is
shown by the unusual fatality this
season. The old notion that hogs
could take most any sort of treatment
has been responsible for heavy losses
this season. Hogs aro subject to
colds and lung troubles. Whenever
we permit them to crowd Into tight
sheds, in large numbers, we are invit
ing such calamity. The sensible way
to house either hogs or the breeding
sows, is to build small houses and
Bcatter them about the fields. With
farrowing sows, each one should be
provided with an individual house, but
with the other hogs six or eight can
bunk in one of these houses very
nicely. Build a half-dozen or more
and try them.
Don’t Crowd the Sheep.
Those who keep sheep, and espe
cially beginners, should be careful not
lo house them too closely. The chief
protection that the mature sheep
wants is from winds and falling
utorrns. Give them such protection
and a dry bed and from choice they
will usually prefer to lie in the yard,
unless they have been accustomed to
* lie within by shutting Ihetd in at
I4NM.
PIG KATIONS AND RESULTS.
What Hat Been Determined by Exper
iments in Connecticut.
The Storrs agricultural experiment
station of Connecticut gives in bul
letin 43 the following conclusions on
pig feeding rations:
The pig among farm animals is
noted for his great capacity for as
similation. But with the animal the
economy of gain is greatly affected by
the character of the ration.
One lot of three pigs required 2,730
pounds of skim milk containing 230
digestible nutrients for 100 pounds of
gain. Eight lots, of 28 pigs required
I.OSG pounds of skim milk and 253 of
shorts, containing 258 pounds of di
gestible nutrients, for 100 pounds of
gain. And one lot of three pigs re
quired 445 pounds of shorts contain
ing 294 pounds of* digestible nutrients
for 100 pounds of gain.
Milk is an easily digestible food.
Whan fed alone in the above trials,
100 pounds of gain were made from
the least amount (230 pounds) of di
gestible nutrients. When shorts were
substituted for a portion of skim milk,
more nutrients (258 pounds) were re
quired for 100 pounds gain in weight.
When shorts were fed alone the most
nutrients (294 pounds) were re
quired for the same gain.
The reader should bear in mind
that the financial problem is not here
considered. It is admitted that while
skim milk is easily digested, it is too
bulky in character. The capacity of
the pig to digest and assimilate is
greater than its capacity to consume
this watery fluid. At ordinary mar
ket prices, a pound of digestible nutri
ents would cost twice as much in skim
milk as in shorts. Experience shows
that from a financial standpoint, the
most economical gains are made when
skim milk and grain are fed in the
proportion of three-fourths to one. But
the trials show, from a physiological
standpoint, that less nutrients are re
quired for a given gain when the ra
tion consists of easily digested foods.
The conclusion seems warranted that
the food requirements for maintenance
and for production (milk or growth)
depends not only upon the composition
and digestibility of a ration but also
upon the facility with which it is di
gested and assimilated.
BOX FOR RINGING HOGS.
Device Which Will Hold Them Secure
ly Down During Operation.
Herewith I submit a sketch of a hog
ringing box which I have found to be
vqry successful, writes a correspond
ed of Prairie Farmer. ACA represents
The Box Complete.
the end of the box. four feet long, 28
Inches wide and 3G inches high with
the boards nailed on the inside. Two
by-fours make the frame, being bolt
ed together, EE are pieces Ixß bolted
to B, which has several holes so that
EE can be changed to suit the size of
the hog when necessary. Fis a rod
18 inches long and attached by a bolt
to the upper end of D and E.G. is a
rod bolted to each side of the lower
end of D and the upper portion of
E. H is h piece of iron eight Inches
long, made to work in the notches at
I which are protected by properly
made iron attached to the right end
of CC and Iv are two pieces with a
space between for EE to work in as
illustrated In the cut. Lls a brace
to hold the upper works firm to the
box.
The cut shows the box ready for the
hog to enter from the rear and be
held by EE. As soon as the rings
have been inserted the clamp may be
released and the hog allowed to go.
The operator is then ready for the
next one. This box should have
guide fences at the rear, so the hogs
can be driven in with as little ex
citement as possible.
STOCK NOTES.
Broken colts are less valuable than
trained ones. Note the difference.
It is not what horses are worth
now. but what they are likely to bo
worth four years from now that should
regulate the number of colts to ho
raised next year.
It is almost impossible to destroy
hen lice when they once get a start
on the horse. Horses should not be
quartered near a hen house, nor
should chickens be allowed to roost
near the horse’s stall.
It has been said that there is not
a section of the country where a
leguminous crop cannot be raised
or where a domestic animal cannot
bo kept to eat the legume. The live
i-tock belt is as wide and long as the
nation.
There is one horse to each family
in the United States. In other words,
there are enough horses in the na
tion. if each one wero hitched to a
double seated surry and five people
were put in each surry, to haul the
population o! the country.
CALLS METHUSELAH NOT SO OLD
Prof. Starr Thinks He Lived No Long
er Than Fernando Jones.
Chicago.—Prof. Frederick Starr Is ot
che opinion that Fernando Jones is old
er than Methuselah.
Not that he believes the oldest local
inhabitant to be more than 900 years
old —oh, no! But h* refuses to ac
cept the word of Holy Writ in regard
to the age of the traditionally oldest
man, and asserts that his life prob
ably was shorter than the lives of
modern and up-to-date people, who
rarely pass the century mark.
This shattering of another idol was
essayed by Prof. Starr while holding
forth to his class in anthropology
at the University of Chicago. Wishing
to test his students’ fund of general
Information, ho suddenly propounded
the question:
“How old was Methuselah?”
A great, blank silence prevailed
among the GO embryo scholars, and
the professor gloated over their dis
comfiture.
Then he condescended to inform
them that Methuselah was 9G9 years
old, and that they had better go home
and read their Bibles.
“But,” he continued, “it is not at all
probable that Methuselah ever lived
to such an extreme old age. It is also
doubtful if Saul, David and Solomon
ever reigned 40 years each, as the
Bible declares. Men lived no longer
in biblical times than they do to-day.
In fact, I believe the average oi
longevity Is higher to-day tltfm it ever
has been in the history of tffe human
race.”
And then, after ruining poor old Me
thuselah’s reputation, Prof. Starr
turned to a discussion of the idiosyn
crasies of the Iroquois verb.
TO SEE EUROPE WITH SAVINGS.
Trolley Conductor and Wife Will En
joy Results of Economy.
Kansas City, Mo.—A six months’
tour of Europe Is the purpose of
Charles M. Kelly, 11 years a conductor
on the Fifth street division of the
Metropolitant Street Railway com
pany, and Mrs. Kelly.
“My wife and I have planned this
trip since we were married six years
ago,” said Mr. Kelly. “What I have
saved as a conductor will be enough
to pay our expense.*!.”
The Kellys own their own home, a
pretty two-story frame cottage. They
intend to spend $3,000 on their trip.
"I have a six months’ leave of ab
sence from my work,” Kelly said.
“We intend to stay the limit, too. Such
a chance comes only once in a life
time for men like myself. Glad?
Why, my boy, I haven’t slept well for
months. I’ve lain awake nights plan
ning this trip. So has Mrs. Kelly.”
The Kellys will sail from New York
on a Hamburg-Amerlcan liner The
first stop will be Naples. After Italy
will come Switzerland, then Germany,
with a trip down the Rhine to Cologne.
The Netherlands and Belgium are
next on the schedule. Then comes
Paris and later London.
"What will you do when you re
turn ?”
"Take up my old position as con
ductor on the Fifth street line. I’ll
report for duty the second day I ar
rive in the city."
DEFINES AUTOS’ ROAD RIGHTS.
lowa Supreme Court Requires Reason
able Regard for Others.
Dos Moines, la. —The law of tln
roads as to automobiles has been
enunciated for the first time by the
supreme court of lowa. The owners
of automobiles have the same rights
in the road and on streets as the
drivers of horses or persons riding bi
cycles or traveling L'V some other ve
hicle. But they aro to use this means
of locomotion with due regard for
the rights of others having occasion to
travel on the highways.
In the case before the court IT. M.
Cramer ran his car lip 'o a blacksmith
shop before which was hitched a
team belonging to Hugh House and
stopped his machine, but did not stop
the sparker. The rroment he stopped
the machine the House horses reared
up, broke away an£ ran. House sued
for damages and recovered. The su
promo court says that no case was
made for the jury and reversed the
judgment of the letter court. It de
cides that Cramer had a right to be
there, that he did not display negli
gence, and that 0* fair recovery is
possible.
BUY ARMY MULES BY POUND.
Figures Show PritflSs of Government
Animals Are Rising.
Washington.—lncreased difficulty is
.being experienced fn obtaining horses
and mules for tho army. Bids which
have just been opened show that
prices generally have increased. For
tho cavalry 725 horses are to be
bought at an average price of $175
each. The artillery corps is to buy
nearly 350, for which s2ll is the aver
age price. Army mules heavy enough
to do draft work bring sllß each, and
nearly 300 of these have been con
tracted for. Lead mules, somewhat
lighter In weight, bring SIGB, and pack
mules, still lighter, sl3l. The quar
termaster's department says that army
mules are bought practically by the
pound.
An experiment is being made at
Fort Riley, Kansas, in buying yearly
a small number of pedigreed colts and
putting them through a course of
training for the cavalry service.
This experiment has proved beneficial
and 3G of these blooded horses havo
just been purchased. '
A WONDERFUL GAIN.
A Utah Pioneer Tells a Remarkable
Story.
J. W. Browning, 1011 22d St., Ogden.
Utah, a pioneer who crossed the
plains in 184 S, says:
“Five years ago the
doctors said I had
diabetes. My kid
neys were all out
of order, I had to
rise often at night,
looked sallow, felt
dull and listless
and had lost 40
pounds. My back
ached and I had
spells of rheumatism and dizziness.
Doan's Kidney Pills relieved me of
these troubles and have kept me well
for a year past. Though 75 years old,
I am in good health.”
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
ALMOST FELT ENVY PANGS.
Great Cricketer’s Simple Tribute to
His Own Worth.
In 1885 there was a great celebra
tion in London in honor of Dr. Sam
uel Johnson, and among those in at
tendance was the Australian “crack”
cricketer, Bonner, then at the height
of his fame.
As one of the guests, says the com
piler of the recently published “Let
ters” of the late Dr. George Birkbeck
Hill, Bonner’s health was proposed.
His response was noteworthy.
“After seeing the way in which Dr.
Johnson's memory is revered,” he said,
with great simplicity, "I am not sure
that I would not rather havo been
such a man than have gained my own
greatest triumphs in cricket/”*—
Youth's Companion.
SORES AS BIG AS PENNIES.
Whole Head and Neck Covered —Hair
All Came Out—Cured in Three
Weeks by Cuticurn.
“After having the measles my whole
head and neck were covered with scaly
sores about as large as a penny. They
were just as thick as they could be.
My hair all came out. I let the trou
ble run along, taking the doctor’s blood
remedies and rubbing on salve, but it
did not seem to get any better. It
stayed that way for about six months;
then 1 got a set of the Cuticura Rem
edies, and in about a week I noticed
a big difference, and in three weeks
it was well entirely and I have not had
the trouble any more, and as this was
seven years ago, 1 consider myself
cured. Mrs. Henry Porter, Albion,
Neb., Aug. 25, 1906.”
Piety.
Tn a recent number of a German
magazine .a writer offers a variant of
the tale lately published In a book of
children's true sayings, which relates
how two small girls tried to sit on one
stool, and one of them remarked: "If
one of us was to get off the stool,
there would be more room for me.”
The Teutonic version tells how a Ger
man sat by the bedside of his dying
wife and murmured piously: "If it
pleases the good God to take one of
us, I shall go to Berlin.”
Fine-Looking Royal Couple.
The king and queen of Denmark
are indeed a regal-looking couple
King Frederick is a giant in stature
while his consort is the tallest rova
woman in Europe. She is also th«
richest, having inherited a great dea
of property from her father, the lat<
King Charles of Sweden, besides th«
immense fortune of her mother, whe
was one of the richest heiresses of th«
nineteenth century, ller majesty li
deeply religious.
Famous Moslem Bell.
On tho watch tower of the Vela, at
the Alhambra, Spain, there is a silver
toned bell which the Moslems used to
ring as a signal to let on tho water
In the gardens and the fountain in tho
city below. Its sound can be heard
it Llga, 30 miles away. Tho maiden
who strikes it to-day is sure of a hus
band before the year is out, and of a
good one if she rings loud enough. On
certain fete days it is lively for the
bell.
CHILDREN SHOWED IT
Effect of Their Warm Drink in the
Morning.
“A year ago I was a wreck from
coffee drinking and was on the point
Df giving up my position in the school
room because of nervousness.
“I was telling a friend about it and
she said, ’Wo drink nothing at meal
time but Postum Food CoiTee, and it is
such a comfort to have something we
can enjoy drinking with the children.’
"I was astonished that she would al
low the children to drink any kind of
coffee, but she said Postum was the
most healthful drink in the world for
children as well as for older ones, and
that the condition of both the children
and adults showed that to be a fact.
"My first trial was a failure. The
cook boiled It four or five minutes and
It tasted so fiat that I was In despair
but determined to give it one more
trial. This time we followed the di
rections and boiled it fifteen minutes
after the boiling began. It was a de
cided success and I was completely
won by Its rich delicious flavour. In a
short time I noticed a decided Im
provement In my condition and kept
growing better and better month after
month, until now I am perfectly
healthy, and do my work in the school
room with ease and pleasure. I would
not return to the nerve-destroying reg
ular coffee for any money."
"There’s a Reason.” Read the fa
mous little “Health Classic,” “The
t Road to Well vllle,” in pkgs.
Monopolizing Them.
Miss Passay—Many young girls
nowadays are positively awful. The
idea of one being engaged to two
young men at the same time. It’s sim
ply shameful!
Miss Pert (maliciously)—And it’s
aggravating, too, isn't it?
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach i
tho scat of the disease. Catarrh Is n blood or constl- I
tutloual <1 Incase, mul In order locure U you must take \
Internal remedies. Hull's Catarrh enrols taken In- !
ternnlly.and acts directly on tho blood and luucoua I
surfaces. Hull's Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medi
cine. 1 1 was prescribed by one of the host physicians
In this country for years nnd Is a regular prescription.
It Is composed of the best tonics known, combined
wl/.i the best blood purl tiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination or tho
two IntrredleniH Is what produces such wonderful re
sults In curing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
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Bold by Druggists, price 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Outspoken Criticism.
Somewhat outspoken is the Penang
Gazette. It remarked recently:
“Never has there been in the world's
history such a flabby, herring-gutted
parody of an administration as that
which is feebly trying to control tho
destiny of the British empire to-day.” ,
Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORTA, i
a safe nnd sure remedy for infanta and children, I
• nil hpi* t hut it
and ecu that it
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The wise man looks before he leaps
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Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrnp.
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Aspiring minds must sometimes sus
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iMOTHERHOODjp^SfII
The first requisite of a good V\^^
mother is good health, and the ex- 1 It
periencc of maternity should not be
approached without careful physical
preparation, as a woman who is in \ w** TAw.v./ 1.
good physical condition transmits to yH
her children the blessings of a good
constitution. I Tut
Preparation for healthy mater-
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Pinklinm's Vegetable Compound, f f
which is made from native roots and i W/
herbs, more successfully by any V | j/'x
other medicine because it gives tone
and strength to the entire feminine ••
organism, curing displacements, dl- MRS. JAMES CH~ ESTEFt
ceration and inflammation, und the v '
result is less suffering aud more children healthy at birth. For more
than thirty years
Lydia E. Pinkham’sVegetable Compound
has been the standby of American mothers in preparing for childbirth.
NotewliatMrs JamcsChester.of427 W. 35th St., New York says in this
letter:—Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-“I wish every expectant mother knew about
Lydia E. Pinkliam’s Vegetable Compound. A neighbor who had learned
of its great value at this trying period of a woman’s life urged me to try
it and 1 did so, and I cannot say enough in regard to the good it did me.
I recovered quickly and am in the best of health now.”
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is certainly a successful
remedy for the peculiar weaknesses and ailments of women.
It has cured almost every form of Female Complaints, Dragging Sens
ations, Weak Back, Falling and Displacements. Inflammation, Ulcera
tions and Organic Diseases of Women and is invaluable in preparing for
Childbirth and during the Change of Life.
Mrs. Pinkham’s Standing Invitation to Women
Women suffering from any form of female weakness arc invited to
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44 1 SUFFERED AWFUL PAIN
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my menses were very painful and irreg
ular. Since taking CarJu! I feel like a
new woman ar.d do not suffer as I did.
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